The Coretta Scott King Award-winning Gone Crazy in Alabama by
Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling author Rita
Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel
from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a
lifetime.
Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their
grandmother Big Ma and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma
Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken
in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the
surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy
strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she
ever knew possible.
Powerful and humorous, this companion to the award-winning One Crazy
Summer and P.S. Be Eleven will be enjoyed by fans of the first two
books, as well as by readers meeting these memorable sisters for the
first time.
Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis's The Watsons Go to
Birmingham and Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming will find
much to love in this book. Rita Williams-Garcia's books about
Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction
explorations of American history such as Jason Reynolds's and Ibram X.
Kendi's books.
Each humorous, unforgettable story in this trilogy follows the sisters
as they grow up during one of the most tumultuous eras in recent
American history, the 1960s. Read the adventures of eleven-year-old
Delphine and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, as they visit their
kin all over the rapidly changing nation--and as they discover that the
bonds of family, and their own strength, run deeper than they ever knew
possible.
**"The Gaither sisters are an irresistible trio. Williams-Garcia excels
at conveying defining moments of American society from their point of
view." --**Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Coretta Scott King Award winner * ALA Notable Book * School Library
Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the
Year * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice * Shelf Awareness Best Book of
the Year * Washington Post Best Books of the Year * The Bulletin
of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book * Three starred
reviews * CCBC Choice * New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading
and Sharing * Amazon Best Book of the Year
